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In reply to the discussion: Why on Earth should we nominate a presidential candidate who voted for war with Iraq? [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)That is what most of us are saying in these posts, since the corporate owned media is trying to "establish" Hillary Clinton as a favorite for the coming election now. Those of us who don't feel our interests (or that of MOST Americans that aren't rich) are being represented by this corporate media feel it necessary to say that the race should still be open, and to voice our concerns of where we think our leadership has failed us over the last 30 years while both parties that have lead have sought to represent the 1% instead of the 99% during that time.
As the recent Quinnipiac poll just noted she was a close third behind Christie and Clinton. Arguably as a political newcomer, who has taken stances that contend with corporate interests more than those two front runners do, her biggest problem that would keep her from getting elected is visibility and parts of the populace not knowing what her record is compared to these other two, who the corporate media like to talk about a lot more.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/08/06/why-you-shouldnt-underestimate-elizabeth-warren/
If she already is getting that kind of visibility, I would argue the biggest argument against her having a shot in 2016 is being shot down. If she can get her message out through the corporate media filters, which it seems she already has, then I think in some ways she can be amore TRUE moderate with TRUE bipartisan viewpoints that support a majority of what Americans want, even if it isn't what corporate America wants. Her stances against the banksters, wanting to fight students' debt load, and other positions on issues that maybe the corporate sector don't want, but members of both parties and independents want, could make her a strong candidate for 2016, and not for just the "far left" as the corporatists are trying to depict her as being, unless the corporatists understand that "the far left" is in effect the 99% of Americans versus their "mainstream" corporatist 1%er camp.
I believe many here don't "hate" Hillary Clinton. Many would vote for her over any Republican that she'd run against if she won the nomination. But we really think that there are better options for us to nominate for our candidate than Hillary, and that in a time where we face economic and environmental devastation from many world problems now like climate change, it is very essential in our minds that we make some big changes to stop this love affair with the corporate sector that has failed us for too long. That isn't "hating" her. It's wanting a new direction that she doesn't offer.